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Ads That Pay can place an In The Herald a pages by SOI Buying or The Herald la iron will the results you want GEORGETOWN HERALD The Home Newspaper for Georgetown and District Printing Publishing The Georgetown Herald nerved Georgetown and district at and tn over a century ottering the in line printing and news coverage CUu Mail Number Georgetown Thunday March Return Poitacja Guaranteed 50 par Copy FlftMn Canti million increase million to in the county school bill million although live Ihe is what disturbs trustees country a seven municipalities ratepayers most Kill gel education tax cuts LAND OF A THOUSAND LAKES TRY MOUNTAINVIEW SOUTH Hey there pothole dodgers You say you been weaving all he streets like a drunk for past couple of weeks to keep from losing your car in a watery pit And your wife drove over a stretch of rood thai looked more like Swiss cheese and her eye bolls arc still whirling like a Las Vegas slot machine And your son little just drilled 800 holes in the road race set he got for Christmas for the Bake realism And you woke up in a cold sweat last from a dream in which the front wheels of your new car were sticking up through the fenders and made it look like a mem ber of the Mickey Mouse club Is that what a bothering you pothole dodgers Propose 50 Cost Rise For Police Council Balks Council on Monday rejected the proposed po lice commission budget and asked them to submit another one in line with the municipal ability to pay Finance chairman row stated the police budget was in rose to in and the propos budget for 1971 higher than last year Ho did not name an exact He termed the budget unrealistic and beyond the capabilities of the town NO LEGAL RIGHT Cr Ern Hyde agreed but Bug Sealed the word reject would raise hackles since he felt the council did not have the legal right to reject the police com minion budget I don care if it is legal hope it will raise hackles re plied Morrow If every other budget went up this much In such a short time the town would be bankrupt he added Cr Harry Levy pointed out that the police commission to have a free hand Whe ther we can legally reject thi budget or not 11 lime to show we wont sit back and take it anymore COSTS SPIRALLING The mayor a member of the police commission agreed say he could not support this of increase The whole province of Ontario seems t having the dame trouble added A resolution from Soltfleet backed up the mayor s state ment It stated that policing costs were spiralling with the municipalities having no over the spending called on all municipal tie seek two members of council on the commission rather than present one and that only one member be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor The Attorney General will be naked to amend the Police Act accordingly ENDORSED The Saltfleet resolution pointed out that Police Commis sions can enter into agreements binding on the town without the towns consent Council unanimously endorsed the resolution and will send copies lo Premier William Davis both federal and members for and the Attorney General MANAGER Council night gave two readings to a by law pro- snowmobiles from op after 11 pro in town if cm from nil I own except This would not in lude green belt Id the fairgrounds the hours are limited between and 11 m weekdays and from am Satur an I Sundays Sin mobiles cannot travel on Strut at ill except to mis nor on Mam Strut from Maple to Guclph extent to at right vehicle cannot be driven i si lev ilks boulevards or mi trips must be with a lid driver license MOT mom her the Commit tee deletilions had met v the isions where they asked for extended hours and extended use of the parks The Ion Committee felt the aims Ihe were not com with their function as guardians public lands she explained Cr Hyde said ho thought trails through Ccdorvnlo were to be considered and the delegations request for this be considered before- third read nit as LATER Phil said the by I allowed the Committee to use discretion Trails could be lat he added doubted that the delegations- knew about the DID YOU KNOW of the by law and the day at the of the third The Georgetown at of the National Sol reading to them to find Todd Road is a Canadian Cemetery at Gettysburg out RALPH NIECE Niece has been led general manager of Equipment Canada Ltd Oust Welland Now Raiders in Playoffs with Dundas Georgetown Raiders scoring machine which buried Welland II 3 here Friday in bouncing them from Niagara Peninsula Intermediate A hockey playoffs scored three times in the period in Sunday and then ground to a halt Dundas Raiders and in the second and third periods to capture the first game of their but of live play round Because of the Bantam hock tournament at the Memorial arena all this week Raiders will have to cool their heels un til Sunday night before getting a shot at evening things up RAPED FIRE Georgetown looked like first game winners after minutes George from Lorry Wilson and Ernie put Dundas into the lead just after two minutes of play but Blair from Don Currie then Steve and Terry Holmes pumped into the Dun das net in the third minute Just seven seconds apart to quickly turn the tables When Ken tied It Raiders pressed and re captured the lead three ut later Blake Inglls was the sniper Doug Selby and Blair assisted CUT SHOT Ken Kay beat Brian Chap man in the Georgetown goal twice and counted his second of the night In the mid die period as Raiders slipped behind Doug Cook put the last nail in the coffin with three minutes left In the game Raiders drew two more penalties than Dundas nine to seven but were on tho short of the shots on goal Game three in was in definite at press time but Tuesday March or day March were the ioned dates The fourth meeting If needed may be back here April Foots Day Trenton Moves In Front In Midget OMHA Semis Trenton bos taken a one game lead in the best three out five OMHA semifinal playoff scries with Georgetown Mid gets In the third game of the set here Sunday Trenton scored a win over the Sunny Acre Farms sponsored locals failed to get tracked until halfway through the third per By then it was too late to catch the hard working Trenton crew Sunny Acre Farms got an tin assisted goal from Fendley another by Love ram Robinson and the third by Robinson from Beaumont and Love Georgetown won the first game of the scries but Trenton used outstanding goaltending to win the second meeting In Trenton Fourth game the series was Trenton last night Many a Snag ere Liquor Lounge Vote Councils plans to plebiscite on liquor lounges keeps running into snags Originally planned for the December municipal elections it was found that a different vo ters list was This year the for May but this week council learned that this is not possible It is hoped to Use the census which Is being taken by the Peel assessment and this will not be ready until June And legislation forbids a vote in July or August MUST FIND WAY With September the earliest date the assessment list will be accepted by the Liquor Board only if the assessment commissioner assures tho board the list Is as date as possible Council must find a way of updating this Cost he vote has been bud at 1S coo according to finance chairman He eve Morrow GEORGETOWN ONE OF TWO GETTING SCHOOL TAX HIKE education board chair i Education spending in Hal I The to cuts result from in inn Douglas Wood said this ton this will increase fronvcrcased provincial government Would Allow Snowmobile Sport Only in Fairgrounds the third reading of the snow Gillies Learning Policy Bill Gillies former deputy reeve and candidate for East will attend school on policy and ion at Cedar Glen in Bolton this The three day mcctinj a lecture and question and answer period conducted by John Wilson professor of science at the Univer Waterloo Provincial leader Stephen Lo us will also address the pro- ineial candidates on the Is of the forthcoming provin election and the campaign of the The last day the school ill be devoted to a discussion of publicity the candidate role and fin examination of campaign budgets and the el lion act DID YOU KNOWT The Julian calendar is nam after Julius Caesar of an American firm head office in Cleveland Ohio and manufacturing Plants In Ohio and Creil Fran It manufactures a variety Of industrial equipment including pipe and mills and cold roil forming Tho Georgetown plant with IS ft floor space began iterations here in April Mr Niece is now house hunt ing and expects that his wife Sally and son Mark ago 8 will be Joining him here soon They have been living in Lake wood a Cleveland suburb Both are natives of Cleveland A graduate in mechanical en from Purdue ity Mr Niece was with Trun Consultants Cleveland had his own management consultant business there and then Joined lotion an instructor pilot with the United States In World War II and served as iginecring officer in the Korean war METER HIKE OFFICIAL nickel and dime parking meters became legal Monday night with the final passing of tho by law and the period of free parking meters has come to an end The nickel dime meter heads replaced the penny met heads a few weeks ago but were not legal until the by law was passed FEES TOO HIGH Cr Hyde a consistent opponent of the new meters gain opposed tho bylaw stated the tees ore too high and meters should not be in operation Thursday and day nights from till The meters arc now In Ion on Mondays since stores are now allowed to be open Mondays Only Cr Hyde opposed the bylaw Edward Everett Council agreed and deferred grants being paid lo be cause its 1971 spending program falls within guidelines establish by the Ontario Department of Education The two areas not getting tax cuts this year are Georgetown and the north Hal ton township of Nassagaweya here for the second year school taxes climb Georgetown taxpayers will pay on extra this year after a saving last year The township will pay an ex 66 this year and in had an increase of for a two year rise of is the only area in where school taxes based on past two years have gone up The Georgetown two lal is minus Hi ASSESSMENT The basic education tax are figured on homes assessed for Tax cuts could be higher or lower depending on whether individual property as Is higher or lower than the base Wood said that since county board has taken office the cost of education to has dropped He said seven municipalities now pay around per cent of education costs while prior to last year that levy was between per cent Tho main reason for the drop in costs to the municipalities is the move by the Department of Education to assume higher shore of education spending Wood said he feels lion cost increases have been slowed down and he added If education costs in Ontario had kept going way they were they would have been unjust costs ore a good place to throw darts but I dont think true this year in county During its first year of op eration the county education board came under heavy attack from all areas of over Increased school spending in the budget There has been virtually no protest this year and no rale- payer groups were present on Thursday night when the final draft of the education board for 1071 was presented No trustee voted against the bud get LEAGUE AA NOVICE CROWN IS GEORGETOWNS Georgetown Novice A hock team become County League AA champions Friday night in Preston The locals scored a vie over Preston Novices to gain the crown in two straight gomes The previous night in Georgetown they took game one In Preston Georgetown sow ing combinations were Ed from Terry Simpson and Scott Phil Buck from Mike Jobb Scott from Hewitt end Mike Jobb from Tim Turner and Mike Mcnemy Preston ployed a stronger game in this one than in the first game but Georgetown played steady hockey It was captain Scott who copied tho County AA Dlv trophy at the end of the game got three goals in the first game Tim Turner got two and Brent and Hewitt the others Ian Reeks and Rick Hewitt each as slsted twice Phil Buck Mike Jobb and Terry Simpson alio collected assists Sell Land Use Proceeds For Park Belt Hyde Plan A proposal by Cr Hyde could result in a town owned park belt oil along Hun gry Hollow and Silver Creek made to council Monday night He suggested the town Dave Nelson offer to buy 11 3 acres on Princess Anne Drue at the price with a few provisions The purchaser would back to the town a site for another deep well and would pay the town 000 lor each of the lots fronting on Princess Anne Drive RIBBON OF PARKLAND The money from the sole of the land would go toward proving and acquiring lands to make the connecting walk or park all the way from the far eastern end of town right through the centre by Holy Cross school on past the CoOp and through behind Hew con Crescent to Ann Street We have diddled around with tiiib offer long enough said Cr Hyde and the offer is in excess of the appraisal This is the only way we re going to get the money to acquire these lands Hyde went along with the suggestion to withdraw his mo tion and discuss it at commit tee Minor Damage In Two Fires Two small fires called fire men out lost week Thursday afternoon a fire in the motor of a Dodge truck owned by G Smeltink Market Street was quickly extinguished Saturday afternoon beams in the basement of a house at Cres owned by Bar ry Gambles were charred while Mr Gambles was solder ing pipes No other damage was done Criticizes Spending Morrow Would Control Museum Board Reeve flic Morrow at Hal to become an agricultural County council last week SUSPENDED ANIMATION Sylvia Kalterwe a member of Georgetown high schools gymnastics team demonstrates a manoeuvre on the uneven bars during a gymnastlci display night last week asked council to investigate the possibility of asking County Museum Board to re linquish its charter so tho coun ty can have more control over its spending criticized the board spending on the Christmas par ty and open houses and Using DONATED FEE reeve Anna Mac Arthur Jumped to the defence of the Museum Board pointing out that the Christmas party was paid for by the members of the board themselves They donated their per diem fee for more than a month to pay for It she retorted Sho claimed further that the museum direc tor entertained council at a luncheon at his own expense to make them aware of the work being done at the- museum DIG DIFFERENCE Morrow agreed the eleven members hod contributed each to the Christmas party That comes to he d but the total cost was leaving a difference to be paid by tho county Reeve Hon Harris of Milton contended the board charter was obtained to ensure certain grants and to make them dig MONEYS WORTH To get down to the nitty grit ty shot back Reeve why docs tho Georgetown reeve keep harping on the board I m trying to make sure the county gets its money s Worth and in some cases it seem to be the case replied Morrow The museum board has estimated its budget at 39 this year The Education Roller Coaster The chart shows what Halton municipalities will pay less education tax this year and which will pay more The amounts arc based on a home assessed at 7000 Total column shows how much has been saved or paid over the past two years mi Total Acton 3206 4883 GEORGETOWN Mil too 231 Nusaganeya 2341 County as a Whale 13 5720 AND WHO PAYS BOW MUCH Here are the amounts of the Halton education board is asking tho seven municipalities to raise through taxes to finance the operation of schools la tho county this car Burlington GEORGETOWN Total Public kcondary Total J 149948 362901 319749 140081 391923